Ben-Hur

Episode 46: The Passion of the Christ (2004)

2000s, By Request, General Episodes, Guest Appearances

In the second-ever listener-requested episode of Fifth Opinion, two atheists, a Christian, and a wild card dissect Mel Gibson’s divisive The Passion of the Christ. We discuss the film’s themes of empathy, the contrast between watching the film as a believer and a nonbeliever, and the motif of torture in Gibson’s filmography. We also compare the film to other Biblical movies, such as The Last Temptation of Christ and Ben-Hur.

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